The Canadian Football League (CFL) and its players have reached an agreement in principle for a new collective agreement, so training camps should resume shortly.
This is what the circuit announced late Wednesday evening without giving details. However, it would be a new seven-year contract that would run until the end of the 2028 season, according to information from Postmedia. However, the pact will need to be ratified by governors and players before it comes into effect.
Long hours of negotiations failed to resolve the deadlock on Saturday, so players from seven of the league’s nine teams went on strike the next day. Those of the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders were to join them Thursday. But they won’t have to.
The circuit’s preseason schedule is scheduled to begin next Monday with a duel between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. For the moment, however, it is impossible to know if it will be able to take place on the scheduled date or if it will be postponed.
The Maple Leaf League was experiencing its first labor dispute since 1974. At the time, the CFL and the players had reached an agreement before the start of the regular season.